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XML Language can be understood as a generic language used to describe other markup languages. You need to understand that XML makes a clear distinction between the markup and the content of the webpage. Here markup implies tags and attributes that are being used in the XML document and content refers to the information being presented in the document. E.g.         <p> XML is used to store data in a structured way In this example   <p>…. </p> refers to the markup being used in the document and the text written between these tags refer to the content of the document. You can say that markup is actually used to describe the presentation of the content. This is done using standard tags and attributes that are available in HTML. You will find that the XML markup is generally used to describe the content of the document and is not related with the appearance of the document. E.g.    <quiz answer=”Qutab Minar”> Can you name a famous monum

Basics In this unit you will learn about XML technologies.   Before you look into the specifications of XML it is important to understand why XML exists and its advantages.   HTML , the most popular markup language, has been designed to display data and specify how that data should look. XML has been designed to describe and structure data. XML itself does not actually describe how to display data or what to do data.  It allows you to structure the data in a standard manner. This enables other systems to interpret XML. In other words it provides a ‘interoperable file format" which can be interpreted using other languages. XSL is the popular language used to transform/interpret XML. CHARACTERISTICS OF XML   XML stands for ‘Extensible Markup Language’. XML can be understood as a general-purpose specification used for creating custom markup languages. It is classified as an extensible language as it allows its users to define their own elements. Thus it enables use